“Right now, I’m in the building stages of my career as far as my skills in the ring, because I feel that I’m a steady learner, and I’m steadily improving my boxing skills,” said Jones (26-0, 19 knockouts), who turned 29 on April 26.

“I’m getting better and better. Physically, my body is there, and as long as I’m at 147 it will continue to be okay. But when I move up in weight, then you’ll see me be stronger.”

Jones most recently overcame rugged Argentine slugger Sebastian Lujan by unanimous decision in December, ending Lujan’s 12-fight winning streak on the undercard of Miguel Cotto’s 10th-round knockout of Antonio Margarito at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

By defeating Lujan, Jones earned the No. 1 spot in the IBF’s ratings and a berth against IBF No. 2-rated Bailey (42-7, 36 KOs) for the belt that was vacated by Andre Berto.

“My goal is to show what I’ve been working on in the gym for this fight, which I’ve known about for three months,” said Jones, who is trained by Vaughan Jackson. “I’ve been working on things to beat this particular fighter. I want to execute it flawlessly.”

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“It is a lifelong dream to fight for the title,” said Jones (right), the IBF No. 1 rated welterweight. “All I know is I’m 100% confident in myself and my abilities. I come to win and I will not lose.”

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Middleweight Jesse Hart, undefeated No.1 Welterweight Mike Jones and top contender Teon Kennedy media day in Philadelphia for their upcoming feature fights on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley championship card, Saturday, June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, live on HBO Pay Per View.  Jones takes on former two-time world champion Randall “The Knockout King” Bailey for the vacant IBF welterweight belt,  Kennedy will battle WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and Hart, son of Philadelphia Middleweight legend Eugene “Cyclone” Hart will be making his pro debut. — Photo Credit : Chris Toney – Top Rank

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Mike Jones, unbeaten welterweight contender:

“I want a clean sport. That’s first. Because when you go into that ring, you know, you’re messing with a man’s life. When guys are taking steroids or testosterone or HGH or whatever the synthetic stuff is that they’re taking, it gives them a big upper hand. That’s where I stand on it.

“You know, it’s not like we’re playing basketball. We’re fighting. So, I most definitely would push for the Olympic style drug testing. Now, I think that everybody sees what Floyd Mayweather was talking about. Even at the cost of a pay day, it’s definitely worth it 100 percent.

“If a guy is there fighting dirty, that’s bad for the sport. You could end up with a tragedy on your part when you’re in that ring. In fact, I asked for it when I heard about all of this but it was too late for my fight with Randall Bailey once I heard about the Lamont Peterson and the Andre Berto situations. I asked if I could get a drug test for the Randall Bailey fight. I’m more than willing because I know that I’m clean.

“I’m a clean fighter, so anything that you want to test me for, I’m game. All that I’m taking is fruits and vegetables. so come on and test me. I don’t need no testosterone, no steroids, no nothing. I’m just going in there and I’m banging.”

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